Hundred Sects Tournament: Golden Core Finals (11)

The Water Mirror shimmered, its scenes of fierce combat drawing exclamations of wonder from above and below the floating platform. Spiritual light of every color burst forth, unpredictable tactics emerged one after another, and attack and defense shifted like a sudden storm. The young disciples watched, dazzled and enthralled, cheering in delight and eagerly discussing the battle.

Meanwhile, atop the floating platform, Xiao Moheng sat in the shadows.

He was not surprised that Xiao Wanyi had been eliminated first. The Xiao Family's heritage specialized in sealing, not direct assaults, much less when Wanyi's cultivation was still far from mastery.

Though the Xiao Family's sealing technique was called the Heaven-Earth Seal, one had to reach Soul Transformation before barely qualifying as having grasped its basics. Even among their own family, many young disciples feared its difficulty and refused to study it deeply.

Wanyi was a diligent, hardworking child, but her talent was not exceptional. Reaching her present level had been no easy feat. Against these monsters of her generation, however... she simply could not measure up.

Beneath his bamboo hat, Xiao Moheng sighed silently.

He only hoped she could take it in stride rather than brood over it and get trapped in an unhealthy fixation.

Four descendants of the Eight Families had entered this match, yet they were being eliminated one after another, while even Li Xiang, who came from a comparatively minor background, was still fighting. The family heads present inevitably looked displeased.

Of course, Murong Xu and Lin Qingyan might have been exceptions.

After all, their children were still in the arena.

As spectators with a view of the whole battle, every one of them might have imagined their own outstanding child claiming the championship before the final began. But by this point, each contestant's abilities and methods had